The Sewickley Academy girls tennis season had many highlights

By means of: Ray Visser

Sunday October 20, 2024 | 11:01 am

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The Sewickley Academy girls tennis team entered the WPIAL Class 2A tournament with high expectations of a strong run as the fourth seed.

Sewickley defeated No. 13 Central Valley 4-1 in the first round, but fell to No. 5 Oakland Catholic 3-2 in the quarterfinals.

The Panthers were led this season by senior Rayna Thakkar at No. 1 singles, senior Maria Sirianni at No. 2 and sophomore Isabele Zuluaga at No. 3.

“The team is doing well,” coach Whitney Snyder said after the WPIAL first-round win. “It is a relatively young team. We lost three starters – Anjali Shaw, Gwyn Belt and Abby Bojalad – from last year. The three girls who replaced them were not in college last year.

“Rayna and Maria did a great job as team captains bringing the younger girls along.”

The singles players were rounded out by the pairings of junior Annabelle Christ and sophomore Rani Shah at first doubles, and a pair of seniors – Brooke Busatto and Skylar Nocito – at second doubles.

Two sophomores – Madelyn Capozzi and Sofia DiCicco – and junior Vanshika Jeevan rounded out the team.

The Panthers dominated play in their first round win at home to Nichols Courts against Central Valley.

Thakkar and Sirianni were both 6-1, 6-0 winners. Christ and Shaw captured a 6-0, 6-2 decision. Busatto and Nocito earned a 6-0, 6-0 victory.

Thakkar has been a varsity competitor for four years and has advanced to the PIAA tournament three times in team competition and once in doubles.

“It's been a great season.” Thakkar said. “I think our team did very well. There was a lot of team camaraderie and team spirit. I can walk away happy and proud (about the program).”

Sirianni, like Thakkar, started playing tennis at the age of 7. Sirianni has competed at the varsity level for three years and qualified for the PIAA playoffs twice in the team category.

“It was amazing (in 2024),” she said. “We lost three starters from last year, but this year we had a great turnout. We did surprisingly well.

“My older brothers (Mike and Will) played tennis (in high school) and I just tried to get an edge on them, I guess.”

Thakkar advanced to the Section 5-2A singles tournament as the No. 2 seed, where she defeated senior Therese Bernas of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-2, in the championship round.

Thakkar was the second seed; Bernas was the best seed. Zuluago also qualified for the event as the No. 8 seed.

Zuluaga and DiCicco earned the sixth seed for the WPIAL doubles tournament, while Capozzi and Jeevan were seeded eighth.

Competing as the No. 4 seed for the WPIAL singles playoffs, Thakkar advanced to the quarterfinals after edging past Lincoln Park sophomore Bella Colatriano 10-1 in the first round.

Both Thakkar and Sirianni plan to attend college and hopefully continue their tennis careers. Thakkar wants to study biology; Sirianni will choose between business or marketing as her major.

While the two girls focus solely on tennis year-round, Busatto and Nocito are dual-sport athletes at QV. Busatto competes in lacrosse in the spring; Nocito plays basketball during the winter months.

The SA girls tennis team finished second in Section 5-2A this fall with a 5-1 record. The Panthers were 9-4 overall.

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